What to Do When Employees Make Employers the Enemy

​Employees are resisting a return to the office. Labor strikes have been sweeping the U.S. Job candidates are ghosting recruiters. “HR is not your friend” is trending on TikTok. Right now, the... Read more »

Help Is Needed From the Top

​Middle managers have long spoken out about the difficulties they face in trying to communicate and enforce directives from company leaders without having a say in or knowing the full reasoning behind... Read more »

Middle Managers Are Crucial—and Overlooked

​Middle managers have long spoken out about the difficulties they face in trying to communicate and enforce directives from company leaders without having a say in or knowing the full reasoning behind... Read more »

How to Respond When an Employee Badmouths You or Your Company

​Ben Lamarche, general manager of Lock Search Group’s offices across Canada and in Boston, once found out that one of his 35 employees was badmouthing the company on an anonymous internal platform.... Read more »

Walmart Faces Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Over Employment Test

​The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently sued Walmart in federal court for terminating employees whose disabilities prevented them from passing an employment test. The lawsuit claims Walmart managers in Arkansas... Read more »

Federal Government Issues Disability Resource Guide

​On the 50th anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Labor released a resource guide to help companies better understand... Read more »

Employee Fired After Threatening EEOC Complaint Loses Appeal

​Takeaway: A legitimate nondiscriminatory reason for termination supported by a company investigation, often conducted while an employee is on administrative leave, can help an employer defend itself from discrimination and retaliation claims.... Read more »

ADA May Require Commuting Accommodations

​Takeaway: The court concluded that it could not draw a bright line and determine when the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) required a commuting accommodation and when it did not. ​The 7th... Read more »

How to Respond When an Employee Is Working Two Full-Time Jobs

​Last year, Fallon Carpenter, vice president of people and culture at financial planning company Sentinel Group in Wakefield, Mass., discovered something concerning: a senior employee was working the same job at another... Read more »

EEOC Proposes Updated Workplace Harassment Guidance

​The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has proposed new guidance for employers on how it enforces laws that prohibit workplace harassment. The proposed guidance, published on Oct. 2 in the Federal... Read more »
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